Monkey Bone
 
NOT based on a story by Stephen King (see Cast)
 
Movie
Title: Monkey Bone
Director: Henry Selick
Screenplay: Sam Hamm
Year: 2001, 20th Century Fox
Length: 92 min.
DVD available: Yes (View Excerpts)
In database: Yes (Region 2, UK)
 
Cast
Stu Miley Brendan Fraser
Julie McElroy Bridget Fonda
Death Whoopi Goldberg
O.D. Stu Chris Kattan
Jon Bruno
Synopsis
This feverishly energetic comedy combines stop-motion animation and live action from director Henry Selick, creator of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996). Brendan Fraser stars as Stu Miley, a cartoonist who created a randy monkey character called Monkeybone that has taken off in popularity, making him a celebrity. Stu's set to launch a TV series based on Monkeybone and marry his beautiful fiancée Julie (Bridget Fonda) when he's injured in a freak accident that puts him in a coma. He travels to Dark Town, a holding area for the comatose who wait to either regain consciousness or move on to the afterlife with the help of Death (Whoopi Goldberg). Dark Town is also a realm where fictional characters reside and before long Stu has met the vulgar Monkeybone, who travels back to the land of the living to inhabit Stu's body. Aided by Kitty (Rose McGowan), Stu must find a way to reclaim his body and put Monkeybone back in his place before the raunchy primate ruins his charmed life. Monkeybone is based on the cartoon graphic novel Dark Town by Kaja Blackley.
 
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